words by Shannon Foster, D’harawal eora Knowledge Keeper & registered Sydney Traditional Owner One of my earliest memories of learning culture from my D’harawal eora father, was about understanding plants and what you could and couldn’t eat. I was always amazed to realise that you could actually live off the gardens and earth around you? […]

As I cycle down Joynton Avenue from Bourke Street, I spot some freshly painted green cycle lanes – the nicest I have seen in Sydney. Concrete and cranes fill the skyline. There are not many people around, a few couples and families walking to and from the newly opened Gunyama Park Aquatic Centre with wet […]

learn about saving seeds in preparation for seed balling in Spring

We recently visited the Wayside Chapel’s Rooftop Garden in Kings Cross. With views across the parklands and the CBD, the 200 square metre garden is filled with over 50 different varieties of organic fruit, herbs and vegetables. It has rainwater tanks, solar panels, worm farms, a compost system and bee-hives. The gardens have a strong […]